Jet, Passion Pit join Big Day Out
Aussie rockers Jet, indie electronica act Passion Pit and warped crooner Devendra Banhart are the highlights of the second Big Day Out announcement. The second addition of bands, confirmed today, also includes the Simian Mobile Disco DJs, Sasha, Jet, Midnight Youth, Head Like a Hole, Beenie Man, The Veils, Deja Voodoo, Kidz in Space, Cairo Knife Fight, Mountaineater, The True Lovers, Tim Phinn, Bandicoot and Lord of Tigers. Jet have just released their third album Shaka Rock , and are known for...

Today, Devendra Banhart is excited about carrot juice.
Today, Devendra Banhart is excited about carrot juice. Today, Devendra Banhart is excited about carrot juice. On any other given day, he might focus his excitement on something else, like skateboarding, eyeglasses or the Wu Tang Clan. But, today, carrot juice. Calling from his rehearsal space in New York City where he is preparing for a secret show supporting Little Joy , he announces this quite matter-of-factly: "Today is the day I get stoked about carrot juice." Banhart's tendency to get...

New Releases From The Music Tee: Monsters of Folk and Devendra Banhart: PHOTO
You may recall back in the summer of 2008 when Of Montreal released their album Skeletal Lamping in the form of buttons, paper lanterns, decals, tote-bags and t-shirts . Each of the items served as a port-key of sorts, transporting the audiophile on deck to a little place called the Internet where albums are downloaded. With the demise of the physical album predicted by just about every modern-day Nostradamus , professional musicians have begun to get creative with their packaging. The Music...

The 15 Scariest (and Most Culturally-Relevant) Beards of All Time
In honor of National Beard Month (and Movember , though we’re focusing on actual beards